Judd Trump

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Ricky Walden - Session 1

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Good morning and welcome back to action from the World Championships. I'm Mel (@MissMelanie_H).
Two matches start this morning - Ricky Walden v Judd Trump and Ding Junhui v Anthony McGill. I am going to focus on the former but both sound like they will be good to watch.
The first 8 frames in these best of 25 frame matches (i.e. first to 13) this morning.

JT 42 - 0 RW (0-0)
He opens the reds from the black but is not on an easy red. He sinks one into the right middle and is on the brown to continue the break. The reds are all open and the black is also free. Slightly under hits a pot on a red but he nudges a red and a secondary kiss on a red gets him to the pink.

JT 0 - 0 RW (1-0)
Trump is looking a LOT more confident than at the end of his match with Chris Wakelin. When he is in this frame on mind, he is so good to watch. He pots a black to secure the frame. The break ends up being 101 - his 70th century of the season (Eurosport comms tell me).

JT 0 - 4 RW (1-0)
Walden wins the safety battle when he can JUST see a red into the right middle. He squeezes it in and follows with the yellow. He doesn't get on his intended red and this time cannot get to the potting angle. Nothing on for Trump. Possible long red for Walden and down it goes.

JT 0 - 35 RW (1-0)
Walden is soon in and around the black spot. There are 6 reds clustered by the pink spot and three near the right hand cushion. However he can nudge reds out of the pack and the black, pink and blue are free.